Faucet.



T. G. KUS.

PA UGET. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12,1910. 7

THOMAS G. K'US, OF MILWAUKEE,WISCGNSIN.

I recess.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 12, field.

Application filed June 14, 1909. Serial No. 502,171..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, THOMAS G. KUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

Theobject of my invention is to provide a simple, durable and economical combination hot-and-cold water faucet, its construction and arrangement being such that with a movement of approximately one'halt' revolution of the valve-plug the water-supply is completely controlled in such manner that water at the two extremes or any intermediate degreesot temperature may be had or the watermay be entirely cutoff depending upon predetermined fixed movements of the valve, which movements are properly indicated by a fixed pointer in conjunction with suitable inscriptions radially disposed about one end of the valve-plum The invention therefore consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as fully set forth hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

in the drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a faucet, embodying the features of my invention, parts being broken away and parts in section to better illustrate .the details of the invention; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the same partly in section, as indi ated by line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fi 3, a side elevation the faucet looking from the reverse direction from that shown in Referring by characters to the drawings, '31 indicates a one-piece valve-body, the standard of which .is provided with separate vertically disposed hot audio-old water channels 1 and 2 respectively, which channels are separated by a division-wall 2 and extend below the base-portion of the body. in the form of separate branch-pipes for suitable hot and. cold water pipe-connections. The channels 1 and 2 of the valve-body communicate with a horizontally disposed cylinder head 3 having inner tapered walls, the head being provided with a discharge nozzle 4:, which nozzle is set at a rightangle to the water channels. The tapered walls of the head 3 are arranged to receive a corresponding tapered. plug B having a squared shank 5 atits smaller end, upon which shank is mounted a washer 6, the

y -with the nozzle aperture and cold washer being adapted to overlap the adjacent end oi the head. The shank terminates with a screw-thread end for the reception of a clamping-nut 7, which nut in connection with the washer serves to draw the plug firmly to its seat. The opposite end of the plug 3 has stem extension 8 thattorms the base of a handle 9, which handle projects therefrom at a right-angle, as best shown in 2.

The plug thus described constitutes a valve-closure, w. the dischargenozzle as well as the hot and cold water-supply channels are controlled, said plug being provided with transverse ports 10 and 11 extending 'therethrough and arranged to be moved in and out of register said nozzle and channels. The port 10 is disposed parallel to the port 11 and interrupts the exterior tapered surface of the plug, said port serving as a connection either between the nozzle aperture and hot water channel 1 or the combined hot and cold water channels depending upon its position relative thereto. Port ll communicates with the discharge nozzle and cold water channel only the latter port being arranged entirely within the plug as shown, whereby an exterior bridge-piece 12 of the circumferential face of the plug is leftintact. This bridge-piece 12 is of suflicient length in proportion to the nozzle aperture and hot water channel to serve as a closure for either, thus if said hridgepiece is moved. across the hot water channel. 1, the port 11. will register water nila'ved across the nozzle aperture, the alora atCl hridgepiecc serves as a closure for the a ucct against dew of water from either source. it. being understood that when the vain; in its closed position, the wall 13 between the is channel, and

vertically disposed-or alined with the di vision-wall 2 whereby connnunitfation between the hot cold water channels is cut oil.

That end of the plug from which the stem projects is preferably provided with the words Cold, Closec, l-lotj and Both These words are raised or otherwise atlixed upon the surface and radially disposed to the-plug axis, being spaced at equal distance apart and covering a combincd distance of one-halt the circumference of said plug, as clearly shown in Fig. These arbitrarily selected. words are set with with the afore relation to the valve ports and a fixed indicator-point 14 extending from the head, so that when the plug is rotated to cause registration between any one of said words and the indicator-point, water either hot, cold or having an intermediate temperature can be had or the supply can be-closed ofi entirely.

While I have shown the faucet as being provided with a curved nozzle, the shape of the same as well as the valve body may be varied to suit its application to tubs, sinks, basins or the like.

I claim:

1 A valve comprising a body-portion having a tapered cylindrical head, a nozzle having its aperture in communication with the head, a pair of Water-supply channels extending through the body in communica tion with said head, the supply channels being upon the same plane as the nozzle aperture and disposed at approximately a right-angle thereto, a tapered plug fitted into the head, a transversely disposed port extending through the plug, and a second transversely disposed port interrupting the exterior surface of said plug, the ports being approximately parallel and upon the same plane as the nozzle and channels aforesaid.

; l l l l E meme 2. A valve comprising a one-piece bodyportion having a tapered cylindrical head, a nozzle having its aperture in connection with the head, a pair of parallel water-supply channels extending through the bodyportion in communication with said head and disposed at a right-angle tothe nozzle aperture, the supply-channels and nozzle aperture being upon the 'same plane, a tapered plu fitted into the tapered head, the tapered p ug being provided with an exterior port apd second port extending therethrough, the exterior port being arranged to ilorm a passage from the channels collectively or individually to the nozzle, the'other port being arranged to form a passage between one of said channels and said nozzle, a bridge-piece carried by the plug constituting a closure for the nozzle aperture or one of the channels, a'fixed pointer in connection with the valve body, and a series of designations disposed about one end of the plug adapted to he brought into register with the pointer to indioatevarious temperatures of water supplied from the channels.

THOMAS G. KUS. Witnesses ARTHUR KELLERMAN, Bnnwnn A. DENT. 

